In India, we all know about gratuitous police beatings and custodial deaths and the indifference of politicians to blatant state violence. In recent times, many instances of police violence against citizens have been filmed and circulated. They invoke outrage on social media. Instances similar to the manner in which George Floyd was treated are very familiar in India. Yet the reactions are vastly different here; vicious police brutality, often communal, is not enough to get the same outrage, be it in the political class or the celebrities of the entertainment industry to take a stand. The policeman in India is a law unto himself and for him – constable or officer – beating up people without any fear of being held accountable is a routine matter. No superior is going to question him, no politician is going to call him for an explanation and citizens will also take it in their stride. At times, it is even celebrated.